"Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things
can get terribly confused in the public mind." - Gen William C Westmoreland, US Army
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It is said that a war cannot be fought without the support of the people. Much so was this
related to the Vietnam conflict. I say the "Vietnam Conflict" in that the United States never
actually declared war on North Vietnam after its communist split-up in 1960. The conflict was
based on the principles of containment stated in the Truman and Eisenhower Doctrines. These
documents stated that military aid would be given to any nation willing to fight communism.
This idea of "keeping communism in it's place" without it spreading to new nations was called
containment, a name given by President Harry Truman.
In May of 1955, Vietnam, which was a French colony, was broken up by rebels led by Ho
Chi Minh. Under the accords of the Geneva......
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